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Started Ability / Lamictal / Doxepin Yesterday Insomnia

Postby powb84 » Wed Jun 26, 2024 5:04 pm

Abilify 5mg
Lamictal 25mg
Doxepin 5mg

I was given a BP 1 diagnosis with BPD and prescribed the following regimen. I already wasn't sleeping, today is 5 days straight. The NP said to take the Abilify at night since it would sedate me. Well, I believe the exact opposite occurred. Even with the Doxepin and .5mg Klonopin I went ape $#%^ and was in and out of my bed all night, no sleep. I felt tired, but I kept cycling in and out of tired to wired. I felt less pissed off than usual and my mind wasn't going as fast, but the longer I was up and realizing I wasn't going to sleep, I became more and more upset. I was thrashing about so much in bed that I think I broke my previously broken and healing ribs. Today I really just feel zoned out but still angry.

I'm just curious, does this insomnia go away? If it doesn't, I'm not going to take the Abilify. It's one thing to not sleep, but to take a drug that exacerbates the experience is something I'm not going to be able to put up with.
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